"It's time to go!"
A'li's voice came from not far away. Tianyang turned his head and saw the little girl wearing clothes that were convenient for movement. She had her hair tied up in a bun and carried a sling embroidered with a blue bird across her body, a cloth bag that could hold a lot of things.
Su Lie heard the sound and went back to the house to get Juque. Tianyang took back the wild fire, and the father and son walked towards A'li.
At this time, Tianyang heard Xuan Lao's low and detailed voice again: "Be careful of Lady Qingluan, she is crazy."
Tianyang turned his head and saw that it was Old Xuan walking beside him. His black robe fluttered as he moved towards the tree like a black cloud and stood there. He turned around and turned into a stone sculpture again wearing a white sacrificial mask.
What a weird guy... .
Tianyang withdrew his gaze and did not take Xuan Lao's warning too seriously. After all, he knew from the beginning that Meng Shen was crazy.
A moment later, they walked out of the half-collapsed tower again. A'li led the way in front. Seeing how familiar she was with the route, Tianyang thought of a question.
As a kind part of the Dream God, how did Ari protect the remaining residents in Star City until now? Star City is full of Frost People who have turned into zombies, as well as monsters such as Nightmare Old Man and Preacher who obviously possess extraordinary powers. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be many similar monsters.
Xingdu should have existed for many years. During all these years, that small shelter and Ari have not been discovered or cleaned up.
The only explanation is that Dream God is still fighting against madness and distortion, still retaining a trace of sanity, and trying his best to protect them.
Otherwise, no matter how big the star was, if the monsters wanted to, they would have come and cleaned them all up long ago.
Following Ah Li through a courtyard, Tian Yang asked as he walked, "Except for Master Xuan, have all the other 'Undying People' disappeared?"
Ah Li looked at Tian Yang curiously: "According to the memory I inherited from Master Qing Luan, it is indeed true. The Immortal Country has completely fallen and been corroded by the Eternal Night. Master Xuan is the only Immortal citizen that Master brought to Xingdu before the night fell on the Immortal Country."
"but... "
The little girl's eyes flickered. "Old Xuan once said that one of their tribesmen left before night fell, but Old Xuan didn't say where that tribesman went. I think it's very likely that he has turned into an undead monster."
"Are you interested in the Undead?"
Tian Yang smiled and said, "I can't say I'm interested, I'm just curious. There are actually immortal creatures. The universe is really amazing."
Ah Li shook his head and said, "Although they are called immortals, they will actually die. It's just that after death, they will be resurrected not long after. But after resurrection, they no longer have any memories of the past, so many of them spend their entire lives searching for their past and their memories."
"Only Elder Xuan, after arriving in Xingdu, has gotten rid of his body, and thus also gotten rid of death in the usual sense."
"It's the same for us. As long as we are not caught by those monsters and are not killed, we can exist forever in the dream world. We are truly immortal."
Su Lie sighed: "If the Dream God is not crazy, this place is really a paradise."
Ali nodded vigorously.
After a while, Tianyang found that they
Back to the Nightmare Courtyard.
"Why are we here?" Tianyang looked around in some confusion. They were lucky and did not encounter any monsters along the way, including the preacher who could control the residents of Xingdu.
Ahri jumped into the hall with many prayer tablets: "The entrance to the Endless Maze is in the Nightmare Courtyard. The Nightmare Old Man is the guardian of the entrance. If you don't kill the Nightmare Old Man, you will never be able to enter the Endless Maze."
Su Lie chuckled: "Then we are wrong in some ways."
Ah Li pouted and said, "You are lucky. I was so worried when I saw you guys trying to get in here. I hastily warned you, but it was too late."
As she spoke, she had already walked through the hall and came to a desolate and cold courtyard. There was snow everywhere and there was no sign of any entrance.
"etc."
A'li took out many things from her cloth bag embroidered with a blue bird, including candles, incense sticks, paper and pen, and a seal.
She cleared a space, lit the candles and incense sticks, then quickly wrote some strange symbols on the paper, and finally stamped the paper heavily with the seal.
Next, she placed the paper with the symbols and the seal on it near the candle and lit it. She shook her little hand, causing the burning paper to fly out and turn into flames that fell on the snow next to her.
Tianyang watched her movements curiously and was about to ask her what she was doing when suddenly, the courtyard shook slightly, and then the scene slowly separated to the left and right, revealing a dark crack with no visible bottom.
Ah Li turned around and said, "This is the endless maze below. We may be separated after entering. Remember, after entering the maze, no matter what kind of fork in the road you encounter, turn left. In this way, we will meet somewhere. As for whether we can find Master Qingluan in the infinite underground palace, we will have to try our luck."
"If you're ready, let's go."
Tianyang exchanged glances with his father, and Su Lie walked forward and said, "I'll go down first."
As he walked, Su Lie's body was glowing, and his fighting spirit condensed into a set of silver armor. He carried Juque and came to the side of the crack. He glanced at Tianyang and the other man, then strode forward. He fell into the deep crack in an instant and immediately disappeared from Tianyang's sight.
Tianyang could no longer sense his breath.
"It's me next."
Ahri exhaled twice, clenched her fists as if to encourage herself, then closed her eyes and rushed forward. She suddenly sank into the darkness and her figure disappeared into the crack.
Tianyang had no fighting spirit armor, so he could only draw out the purple-red flames from the wildfire, and then use his ability to "control flames" to wrap the flames around him, forming a flame barrier that had both offensive and defensive capabilities.
After taking protective measures, he stepped into the crack, and his vision immediately went dark. He thought he would feel like he was falling, but there was nothing. In the darkness, even time seemed to stop flowing. After an unknown amount of time, Tianyang only felt a picture gradually appear in his vision, and felt a cold breeze blowing by his side.
Three heartbeats later, he found himself standing in a rather narrow and dark alley with a faint white mist floating in the alley. It seemed that it had just rained here. Tianyang heard the sound of dripping water and saw the wet road under his feet. There was a puddle not far away. The accumulated water in it reflected a pale crescent moon in the night sky like a line of sky.
Next to it, there is
A light tube emitted a faint white light. The contact of the light tube seemed to be not very good. It flickered from time to time and made a slight sound of electric current.
Under the electric pipe was a pile of miscellaneous items, including unknown instruments and pipes of unknown purpose. On one side was a crooked sign. Although Tianyang did not understand the words on it, a line of information naturally emerged in his mind: Dermatology Clinic, specializing in treating various difficult and complicated diseases, please go to the second floor if you need it.
As for the other side, it looked like a shop, but the door was now closed and a row of iron fences were drawn. From the eaves of the shop, water drops would drip from time to time and fall to the ground, making the dripping sound that Tianyang had just heard.
"Is this the endless maze?"
Tianyang was not unfamiliar with such scenes. If there was black fog in front of him again, he would think he had returned to the Reverse World No. 127.
Temporarily removing the flame barrier, Tianyang Xue's father carried Huanghuo on his shoulders and walked forward. He found that this was a rather dirty and messy alley. The alley was already narrow, and was filled with all kinds of sundries that he couldn't name.
There was a wooden barrel here, with a two-wheeled riding tool piled on both sides. Various papers were posted everywhere on the mottled and peeling paint walls. Although Tianyang could read the contents of the strange words, it was difficult for him to understand their meaning.
For example, there was a piece of blue paper with white words saying "pay a large sum of money to have a child". Tianyang couldn't help but shake his head. It seemed that this place was a city of sin. The people here had already traded their own children. It was really evil.
"The Endless Labyrinth is where the Dream Goddess imprisoned herself. The Dream Goddess has gone mad and twisted, and this labyrinth can be considered a part of her dream. So, what is presented here should be some of the eternal night worlds that the Dream Goddess has visited before. Are they projected out unconsciously?"
Tianyang explored and analyzed as he moved forward.
Soon the alley came to an end and extended to the right. Since there was no fork in the road, Tianyang had to turn right.
This is a very short passage. There is a machine hanging on the wall inside. It looks a bit like a communication machine. Tianyang saw the microphone and the buttons on the panel of the machine with some simple symbols on them.
After walking out of the passage, there is a narrow corridor next to it, with tall old buildings on both sides. There are complicated pipes on the walls on both sides of the passage, and above them are windows with bars.
Because it was located on Tianyang's left side, Tianyang turned in without any hesitation. He almost had to walk sideways here, and the narrow environment made him feel a little imperceptible irritation.
As he passed by a dark and dilapidated window, Tianyang suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure from the corner of his eye.
Tianyang turned his head and looked into the window. There was a small living room through the window. With the dim light from the wildfire, Tianyang saw that the floor of the living room was paved with red square bricks, with a table in the middle and wooden furniture all around. There was a dim lamp on the ceiling, but the bulb was not on.
In the depths of the living room, in front of a door, there was a figure standing there. She had long hair, was wearing a floral dress, and was wearing a pair of red shoes. She looked like a woman.
The woman had her back to the window and Tianyang, and was slowly knocking her head against the door in front of her. On the door, Tianyang saw sticky bloodstains and a few strands of hair stuck in the blood plasma...
PS: No more updates when I go home tomorrow~